Non-Violence 15
Questioner: But he is doing it out of compassion.
Dadashri: Whatever it may be, he still commits a sin, which he will have to repay in the next life.
Questioner: Then what should you do? Drink the contaminated water?
Dadashri: You cannot alter the circumstances. The person with ego will not stop undertaking the doer-ship of cleaning up the tank. You will still continue to get clean water. You will always find someone with ego who will clean the water for you. Yes indeed, everything in this world is at your disposal, but it is your merit karma that falls short. The obstacles in your life will be proportionate to the amount of ego you exercise. When this ego is uprooted and its support is destroyed, the whole world will be yours. You will not lack anything. The ego is your only obstacle.
Violence in Education Institutions
Questioner: Agriculture students have to catch and kill butterflies to study them. If they do not carry out their assignments, they will be given a failing grade. So what should they do? Is what they are doing sinful?
Dadashri: Before starting their assignment, they should pray to the Lord for an hour and ask for forgiveness for having to face such a task. They should maintain the intent of non-violence and keep wishing that they did not have to carry it out.‘ Dear Lord, I ask for your forgiveness. Let my circumstances be free of all violence’.
Questioner: It’ s really the instructors that give such assignments, so should they not be held liable for the sin?
Dadashri: Yes, the binding of karma gets distributed sixty to forty percent. Sixty percent of the liability goes to the instructor who instigates the deed and forty percent goes to the students, who carry out the deed.